U+0F8F "ྏ" Tibetan Subjoined Sign Inverted Mchu Can Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0F8F "ྏ" Tibetan Subjoined Sign Inverted Mchu Can is a diacritical mark used in the Tibetan script, specifically belonging to the category of subjoined consonant signs that modify the base character beneath which it is placed. This particular sign is a variant of the standard "Mchu Can" (meaning "beak" or "nose") and is distinguished by its inverted orientation, indicating a specific phonetic or orthographic alteration in the pronunciation or transliteration of Tibetan syllables. It appears as a small, curved mark attached below a consonant, often employed in transliterations of Sanskrit texts or in certain Tibetan dialects to represent sounds not native to the standard Tibetan language. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital representations of classical and liturgical Tibetan texts remain accurate and accessible for scholarly and linguistic purposes.

General Properties

Code Point U+0F8F
Version Added 6.0
Name Tibetan Subjoined Sign Inverted Mchu Can
Block Tibetan
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ྏ
HTML Hex Encoding ྏ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBE 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0F8F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000F8F
C/C++/Java Escape \u0f8f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Tibetan
Script Extensions Tibetan
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant Subjoined
Indic Positional Category Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend